August 3, 2024 Auberge La Flégère to Les Houches 10.6 miles There’s something nice about doing a circular hike. It’s like completing a ring, making it back to the beginning. I do love a full-circle ending, me. Tie up all those loose ends, make it all connect. Bring us back to where it started. You …
August 2, 2024 Auberge la Boerne in Tré-le-Champ to Refuge La Flégère ~5.1 miles hiked (~2.9 miles on Lac Blanc alternate) Despite the storm, I wake refreshed. The campsite is next to a flowing stream, and boy do I love camping next to a flowing stream. It’s so soothing and almost guaranteed to make me …
July 31, 2024 Chalet la Grange, Champex-lac to Auberge Mont Blanc, Trient 10 miles Another morning, another half-awake scramble to get moving followed by another delicious breakfast. More of that tangy, thick alpine yogurt that I love! Melissa has provided us with little tureens of it, along with jam, cereal, and of course, freshly baked …
Sarahmarie Specht-Bird 